Both Uses of
phonetic
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Unusual polysyllables of foreign origin she interpreted phonetically or by false analogy or by both: metempsychosis (met him pike hoses), alias (a mendacious person mentioned in sacred scripture).†
Chpt 17 *phonetically = in a manner based on speech sounds (rather than on dictionary spelling)
- Our greatest living phonetic expert (wild horses shall not drag it from us!)†
Chpt 12
Definitions:
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(1)
(phonetic) of or relating to speech sounds
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The form phonetics may reference the scientific study of speech sounds.